Top Tech Startups in Palo Alto, CA in 2027

Ellery is building the next generation of premium live entertainment. We believe the future of entertainment isn’t defined by more content, but by more meaningful experiences. Ellery enables creators to produce, premiere and monetize ticketed live shows while handling streaming, ticketing, payments and creator operations in one platform. From live podcasts and interviews to comedy specials, documentaries and entirely new formats, Ellery gives creators the infrastructure to build ambitious productions—and audiences unforgettable experiences worth showing up for.

Every patient deserves fast access to life-changing medications. At Sodalis, we're building the AI operating system for specialty pharmacy—turning weeks of manual coordination into minutes of intelligent automation. We're serving tens of thousands of patients today, scaling to hundreds of thousands. Backed by Gradient Ventures. Founded by veterans from Apple's Applied ML, Included Health, and Avella Specialty Pharmacy (scaled to $1.5B+ before acquisition by OptumRx).

Today, building robots and intelligent machines means navigating fragmented tools, incompatible hardware, and closed ecosystems. It takes too long, costs too much, and locks builders in. There is no default platform for physical AI. We're building it. Springcraft brings together purpose-built hardware, developer tools, and AI models into one open, integrated system so that builders can create machines that sense, understand, and act in the real world. Founded by the team behind 8th Wall, the largest AR platform for the web (acquired by Niantic), we bring deep experience in spatial computing. Backed by Night Capital, Eric Semler of TCS Capital, Village Global, and exceptional angels, we're based in Palo Alto and hiring our core team now. Help shape the future of robotics. Join us.